Posted on 08/09/2022 5:49:24 AM PDT by Morgana
President of National Action Network and MSNBC PoliticsNation host Al Sharpton joined Chris Jansing Reports on Thursday to discuss abortion and religion. Sharpton didn’t understand how one could be a good Christian and be pro-life because, according to him, “the Bible is about choice.”
Jansing led Sharpton with some polling data, “there was a Gallup poll back, I think it was the fall of 2020 showing the black committee has slowly become more accepting of abortion over the past couple of decades, but there are deeply held religious beliefs playing into this, especially with older black voters who are incredibly reliable and incredibly important to Democrats. So, how should Democrats be thinking about this? Because obviously they want and need to hold onto those voters.”
Sharpton urged Democrats to “message it in a way that it is about choice. It’s not about saying I’m voting that I support abortion or not.”
For Sharpton, the choice is not between abortion and no abortion, but “whether they’re going to have a safe abortion. We always had abortions, but we had these back alley, very risky abortions and we’re saying that rather than have people in those situations, they should be able to choose whether or not they want to do, even if it is something that I do not believe in.”
Turning to the religious question, Sharpton claimed, “The Bible, if you’re using this as a religious argument, the Bible is about choice. You can go to heaven or hell. There’s nowhere in the Bible that says you had to go to heaven.”
One hopes that when presenting the question of heaven and hell to his congregation, Sharpton does not go full relativist as he did here. The man who goes around portraying himself as a civil rights leader also failed to realize that owning slaves was also once considered a perfectly normal and legal choice.
Blind to that, Sharpton continued, “So, where do we get this theology of forcing something when the reality is you can’t even Biblically base that. It’s a question of choice. If you are a minister, as I am, you can preach to people to convert them, you do not make laws to compel them.”
The doctrine of free will means that God is not a puppet master. It does not mean that government is forced to embrace the hellish side of the question, especially when it means the rights of a second individual are being taken away.
1 John 4:20
If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
What can be more hateful than killing a baby?
As for slaves the Bible does reference them several times and and I can’t think of one verse that condemns the practice. Can anyone else? I guess its kinda like the guys in the Book who had multiple wives and even had children with the wives handmaiden. It’s supposed to be a marriage is one to one according to God yet I don’t see Him condemn those men. Then again my memory isn’t the greatest these days.
Sharpton just needs to shut his Big Head up.
Margaret Sandler’s fanatical goal for the future was to kill black babies (she called them “weeds”) via abortion when Planned Parenthood’s roots started.
Interesting that Sharpton would get on board with the goal of killing black babies.
“God gave us a choice to obey him or not, and there are consequences to both choices.”
And He gave us the choice to accept his gift of salvation, or reject it. As you say, “there are consequences to both choices”. Really, really BAD consequences if rejecting is chosen.
I dont even wish to witness God’s wrath on these kids of folks. Im telling you its gonna be real bad. Instant and perpetual karma type bad.
Yes, our choices, but then His Judgment … so … choose wisely.
Jesus LOVES the little children, right?
He said that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my Heavenly Father, right?
So, moms and doctors, don’t kill them! Don’t kill the unborn children, the littlest children all.
Is Sharpton implying he might be personally opposed? That we might be called to choose life? Does he call for a conversion of heart in his flock?
He isn’t going to outright say he is opposed, or preach against abortion. That would offend people, hurt people, slow the flow.
Man of the diaper cloth.
I have a relative who uses that perverted rationale.
Likely she heard it at her mainline, woke “church”.
The Bible is about choice.
And consequences.
Freddies Fashion Mart. The Crown Heights riot that resulted in the death of Yankel Rosenblum.
This bastard has blood on his hands.
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